()8.—Julia, why not put some green plants in the room?
—______ They can decorate the room and clean the air.

A.What a pity!
B.Are you kidding?
C.I can't agree more.
D.I'm sorry to hear that.

四、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。(2025·江苏常州溧阳期中)
DIY is becoming more and more popular. It 1(mean)“do it yourself”. Many people like it. There are many 2(reason)for this, and here are some of them.
First, DIY is 3(cheap)than buying something in the shop. It helps you save money.
Second, people enjoy 4(know)how to do something new. They feel better 5 they learn a new skill.
Third, some people work better by 6(they). They can look 7 something that they have made and say happily, “I did this all by myself.”
One of my friends bought 8 old house a few months ago. He and his wife painted all the walls of every room, and now his house looks 9(beautiful)than before. Another example is my neighbour, John. He went to a night school to learn how 10(fix)cars. Now he has learned to do most of the repair work. He enjoys the work very much.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

五、阅读理解。(2025·江苏泰州泰兴期中)
Antonio Rossi was a very good glassblower in Venice. One day, his daughter Clara walked into his workshop and her father was there too, standing beside two glass vases(花瓶). “I have made them for Mr Lombardi, the great writer in Venice,” Antonio said. “Now I must go and get Mr Lombardi.”
After he left the workshop, Clara found a note beside the vases. Clara read it and smiled. As she turned, she bumped the vases. They fell to the ground and broke into many pieces. Only the round bases(底座)were not broken.
Clara picked up one of the round bases. “What will I tell my father?” She held the piece, crying. Suddenly, she saw Mr Lombardi's note when she looked through the glass. The letters were big! She picked up the other base and looked through it. It worked, too! The words looked bigger.
Clara thought quickly. She found a wire(金属丝)and carefully wrapped(用……绕住)it around the two glass pieces. Just as she finished, Mr Lombardi and her father walked in.
“Now let me show you the...” Clara's father stopped and looked at the broken vases on the floor. “Oh, Clara!”
“I'm so sorry, Father,” Clara said.
“What do you have there?” Mr Lombardi asked.
“I made it from the broken pieces,” said Clara. “Look through them.” She held up the note for him to see.
Mr Lombardi's eyes opened wide. “The words! They're big!” He looked at Clara's father.
“My wife can't read my books because of her eyes. This will be my gift for her! It will be the greatest gift ever! Your daughter made something very useful.”
Clara did make something very useful. She had invented(发明)eyeglasses.
()1. The two glass vases were for ______.
A. Antonio Rossi
B. Clara
C. Mr Lombardi
D. Mrs Lombardi
()2. What does the underlined word “bumped” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. threw away
B. knocked over
C. picked up
D. put down
()3. In which order did Clara do the following things?
①Clara broke the vases. ②Clara made the eyeglasses.
③Clara found the words bigger. ④Clara saw a note.
A. ①③④②
B. ④①③②
C. ③①②④
D. ④①②③
()4. What can we infer(推断)from the passage?
A. Clara was a careless girl who often made mistakes.
B. Mr Lombardi was not happy with the eyeglasses.
C. Antonio was angry with his daughter for breaking the vases.
D. Mrs Lombardi would be happy to use the eyeglasses to read.
()5. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
A. A good glassblower.
B. A careless girl.
C. An accidental(意外的)invention.
D. Useful eyeglasses.